Telephone.



W. H. THOMPSON.

TELEPHONE. APPLIOATION rum) 111111.16, 1909..

Patented A i.26,1910.

F ILBUR H, IHQMPS O F WHEELING'. W G RGIN A- rnLnrnoNn v Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 26, 1910,

Application'filed March 18, 1909. Serial No. 484,933.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, WILBUR H. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin at Wheeling, in the county I of ()hio an State of WestVir inia, have invented cer-' tain new and usefu Im rovements inTelephones, of which the 0 lowing is a specification.-

My invention relates to telephones of. the class in which the receiverand'transmitter are mounted upon opposite ends of a handle, and in suchamanner' that they ma be applied simultaneously to the ear an mouth withthe use'of but one hand.

The object of my invention is to rovide 1 a device of the characterindicated t at will be more convenient to use, and more simple,

compact and inex ensive in constructionv than others hereto oreprovided.

The specific feature which renders the telephone especially convenient.in use is a.

handle that is capable of being bent'into,

and of thereafter remaining in, any one of a variety of forms, and that,therefore, permits the adjustment of the receiver and transmitter to anyuseful positions relative to each other.

The device is rendered simple, compact and inexpensive inconstruction bycertain other structural features that will be hereinafter more fullypointed out.

The invention is illustrated in the accomanying dra'wing, Figure 1 ofwhich is a ront face view of a telephone constructed in accordancetherewith, some of the parts bein broken awa for the sake of clearnessof ustration. ig. 2 isa back face view of the device, Fig. 3 is a sideview' thereof with the receiver and transmitter adjusted to one of themost commonly useful relative positions, and Fig. 4 is a sectional viewof a modification of the handle of the telephone.

Mounted upon opposite ends of a handle 1 are a receiver 2 and atransmitter 3, the operatin parts of which are of any usual or desireconstruction, and are inclosed within shells or casings, each com risingtwo parts 4 and 5 that are telescopeci and suitably securedtogether, theback shell parts 4 being provided with flat circular bases 6. The handle1, comprises a'main intermediate portion that is capable of being bentinto, and of thereafter remammg 1n, any one of a variet of forms, and tothis end it may convemently consist of liable tubing, like thatillustrated, and suc as is often used for suitable material.- To theends of the pliable portion of the handle are secured two tubularmembers 7 and 8 that are partially or almost wholly flattened, theflattened portio'ns formin seats for, and being respectively secured bymeans of rivets and screws 9, or otherwise, to the flat base portion ofthe receiver and transmitter. The end member 7 is extended somewhatbeyond the receiver 2. and is slotted to ermit of han ing the telephoneupon a 00k or a hoo switch. The telephone is connected to the line bymeans of conductors 10, and the receiver and transmitter are connectedtogether by conductors 11, that project through holes in the parts 4 andin the unflattened portions of the end member 7 and 8 of the handle, andthat extend through the handle which sheathe's and protects them. Insome instances it may be desirable to utilize the handle as one of theconductors connectin the receiver and transmitter,

'and in t at event therewill be but one other conductor inclosed by thehandle, as shown in Fig. 4. M

The telephone may be used in connection with an ordinary hookswitch, butI prefer toe render it independent of a hook switch, and accordinglymount members 12 and 13 within the receiver casing, and rovide a button14 that projects through t e casing and is adapted, when pressedinwardly, to efi'ect engagement of the switch members piping gas, or itmay consist of any other and completion of the ringing and talkingcircuit.

In'the use of the telephone the operator may adjust the receiver andtransmitter to any desired or convenient positions relative to eachother by simply bending the handle, which thereafter maintains the saidparts in the relation to which they have been adjusted. In order to callthe central office and to talk to a distant party, it is only necessaryto press the button 14 with the thumb or finger of the hand used-forholding the telephone in roximit to the ear and the mouth. H

he plia ility of the handle, which permits each operator ,to adjust thepositions of the receiver and transmitter to his own convenience, isregarded as a novel and specially useful feature, while the. provisionof casings for the receiver and transmitter having flat or planebase'portions that are seated a ainst, and secured to, the. flattenedportlons of the tubular end members of the 1. In a hand telephone, thecombination with a receiver and a transmitter, of a bane dle thereforcomposed of tubing and com:

prising a pliable central member and solid" 10 end members securedthereto that are partially compressed to provide flattened pore tions towhich the receiver and transmitter are respectively secured.

2. In a hand telephone, the combination 15 with a' receiver and atransmitter, of a handle therefor composed of tubing and comprising apliable central member and solid end members secured thereto-that arepartially compressed to provide flattened ortions to w ich the receiverand'transmltter 2b are respectively secured, and an insulated conductorextending through the handle and electrically connecting the receiverand transmitter. I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 5 subscribed myname thiseleventh day of March, 1909.

WILBUR H. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

H. R. STUART, E. O. KIZER.

